Vir Mangdavalo

Vir Mangdavalo is 1976 Gujarati romantic fantasy film directed by Babubhai Mistry from India. The film depicted a folklore from Gujarat. The lead role was played by Upendra Trivedi, Arvind Trivedi and Snehlata. The music was composed by Avinash Vyas. It was a commercial success. The film was dubbed in Bhojpuri as Amar Suhagin in 1978.

Vir Mangdavalo
Poster
Directed by	Babubhai Mistry
Written by	Ramjibhai Vania
Based on	Folklore of Vir Mangdavalo
Produced by	Subhash Sagar, Upendra Trivedi
Starring	Upendra Trivedi Arvind Trivedi Snehlata
Cinematography	K. Vaikunth
Music by	Avinash Vyas
Production company	Sagar Arts Corporation
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Gujarati
Box office	₹400,000,000[1]

Plot

Mangdavalo was a nephew of Bhan Jethva, royal of Dhatarvad. He chases a bandit Bayal Chadva who has abducted cows from his maternal uncle's town Ghumli. On the way, he meets her lover Padmavati at Patan who invite her to play Chopat. He promises to return for play and chases Bayal. In ensued fight, Mangdavalo dies and becomes a ghost as he died unfulfilling his promise.^[2][3]

Following his death, Padmavati becomes mad and her marriage is arranged with a Vanik. The ghost of Mangdavalo stops the marriage party on the way and requests his uncle Alasivala to arrange his marriage with Padmavati. They marry in a stepwell near a banyan tree which turns in a palace at night and back to banyan tree in day. The couple lives a mix of happy and sad life as their union is only possible at night. At last, Padmavati liberates the ghost of Mangdavalo from his ghostly life at Damodar Kund by drowning with his ashes.^[2][3]

Cast

The cast is as follows:^[2][3]

• Upendra Trivedi as Mangdavalo, played double roles^[2]
• Arvind Trivedi
• Snehlata Gadkari as Padmavati
• Champshibhai Nagda
• P. Kharsani

Others include Hercules, Jayant Vyas, Jagat Singh Jagga, Minal Mehta, Madhav Sangani, Mahesh Joshi, Mukund Pandya, Jayant Shah, Saroj Parikh, Jayendra Mishra, Sharmishtha Vaidya, Pushpa Mehta, Rashidabanu, Anjanidevi, Hansa Lakod, Ranglal Nayak, Narhari Jani, Mukund Joshi, Kaustubh Trivedi, Prabhakar Joshi, Amrut Nayak, Nandu Pahelwan, Ganja Pahelwan, Lili Patel, Devyani Thakkar, Rajnibala. The film also starred Hindi cinema actors Achala Sachdev, Tun Tun, Keshto Mukherjee, Shakilabanu Bhopali, Padma Khanna and Amjad Khan who played Bayal Chadva.^[2][1]

Production

The film is based on a folklore of Vir Mangdavalo popular in villages of Saurashtra region of Gujarat. It was the first film produced by Subhash Sagar and presented by Ramanand Sagar.^[2][1] It was shot at Lakshmi Vilas Palace.

Soundtrack

The film included folk music. The soundtrack is as follows:^[4][5]

Vir Mangdavalo
Soundtrack album by Avinash Vyas
Released	1976 (1976)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	47:54
Label	EMI (Saregama)
Producer	Sagar Arts Corporation
External audio Album on YouTube

All music is composed by Avinash Vyas.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tari Vanki Re Paghaldi"	Avinash Vyas	Asha Bhonsle, chorus	7:04
2.	"Aankhiyun Man Gori"	Kavi Daad	Asha Bhonsle, Mahendra Kapoor	3:27
3.	"Ruperi Raatma"	Avinash Vyas	Asha Bhonsle, Mahendra Kapoor	5:07
4.	"Kahun Chhun Re Kanuda (Raas)"	Avinash Vyas	Asha Bhonsle, Veljibhai Gajjar, chorus	8:09
5.	"Suraj Ugta Santani"	Avinash Vyas	Asha Bhonsle, Mahendra Kapoor	5:49
6.	"Aashak Mashuk Samasami (Qawwali)"	Avinash Vyas	Anand Kumar C., Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapur	8:46
7.	"Joshida Mara Josh To Juvone"	Avinash Vyas	Asha Bhonsle	4:38
8.	"Tari Vanki Re Paghaldi"	Avinash Vyas	Jayesh Nayak, Seema Trivedi	4:54
Total length:				47:54

Reception

The film was a commercial success.^[2] The song "Tari Vanki Re Paghaldi" became a hit. It grossed over ₹40 lakh (equivalent to ₹12 crore or US$1.4 million in 2023).^[1]

The 2019 Gujarati film Vir Mangdavalo was produced with similar subject.^[6]

See also

• Bhanvad - a town where a banyan tree associated with Mangdavalo is located